Mail-box.



M. B. HUBBARD.

MAIL BOX. APPLICATION FILED MAR; 13, 1914,

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS (7 PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGmN, D. C

MATTIE B. HUBBARD, 0F EARLSBORO, OKLAHOMA.

MAIL-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

Application filed March 13, 1914. Serial N 0. 824,492.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTIE B. HUBBARD, a male citizen of the United States, residing at Earlsboro, in the county of Pottawatomie and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mail-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to mail boxes, and more particularly to the class of mail boxes for use in rural districts.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a mail box wherein the same is formed with independent compartments which are accessible to receive mail matter, one being for letters or the like, and the other for packages or the like.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a mail box wherein the construction thereof is of novel form to render it serviceable, strong, durable, eiiicient, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consistsin the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawing :Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mail box constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, A designates a portion of a post or standard which may be of any ordinary well-known construction, preferably made as shown, and has fixed to its upper end a rectangularshaped base or rest B on which is mounted the mail box O hereinafter fully described.

The mail box C comprises a body 10, preferably made from sheet metal, having arranged therein a horizontal partition 11 dividing the box into upper and lower compartments 12 and 13, respectively, the upper compartment being designed to receive letters or the like, while the lower compartment is designed to receive packages or the like. The top 14: of the body 10 is upwardly bowed or arched so as to permit the same to shed water, while mounted upon this top and rising above the same centrally thereof is a name plate 15 having printed or inscribed thereon in any suitable manner the name of the user of the box, the rural free delivery route, and box number.

Arranged at the front of the body 10 are upper and lower doors 16 and 17 which are adapted to close the respective upper and lower compartments, the said doors being supported upon hinges 18 of any approved type, the body 10 being provided at its front w th a parting strip 19 located between the said upper and lower doors, and this strip carries a keeper staple 20, while mounted upon the upper door is a staple 21 forming a handle, the lower door 17 being provided with an ear 22 which is mounted thereon in any suitable manner at its outer face and is formed with an opening or slot 23 to receive the staple 20 when the door is closed. The ear 22 is formed with an outwardly and upwardly curved finger engaging nib 24 which permits the easy opening and closing of the oor.

The side walls 25 of the body 10 are extended below its bottom to form flanges 26 which are parallel with each other and overlap opposed edges of the base or rest B when the bottom of the body is seated thereon, the flanges 26 being designed to receive suitable fasteners 27 which are engaged in the bottom or base B to fix the body on the post or standard.

Above the door opening for the upper door 16 and suitably hinged to the top 14 of the body is a securing hasp or strap 28, the same being formed with slots or openings 29 adapted to receive the respective staples 20 and 21, while adapted to be connected to the latter staple is a lock of any suitable form, and in this manner the doors are fastened closed.

Supported by the name plate 15 is a signaling device comprising a flag 30 formed with a shank 31 having an elongated slot 32 in which is received a combined supporting and guide lug 33 mounted in the name plate 15, and in this manner the said flag 30 canbe raised to signaling position and locked in a keeper 341 which is mounted in the name plate and is adapted to receive the free end of the shank 31 of the flag when raised. To lower the flag 30 it is necessary to pull upwardly thereon, which disengages the shank from the keeper 341 so that the flag can be swung to lowered position.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and manner of use of the device the body for closing the opposite ends of the said compartments, a parting strip'arranged between the doors and forming a permanent part of the body, a staple mount ed in the parting strip, asWinging-hasp mountedupon thebody and adapted to be moved across the path of movement of the said doors, a staple carried by'one ofsaid doors, the said hasp being provided with openings for receiving the said staple on the parting strip and door, a perforated ear on the other door and engageable with the staple on the parting strip and is adapted to underlie the hasp When engaging both of said staples, and outwardly and upwardly bent finger-engaging extensions formed on the ear and hasp respectively.

In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature in presence of two-Witnesses. 5

WVitnesses: M. H. DILLON, 1 e

PERCY EDNER.

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MATTIE B." H BB RD. I, 

